||Fa*ne"ga (?), n. [Sp.] A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America,
||varying from 1&?; to 2&?; bushels; also, a measure of land. De
||Colange.
Fan"fare` (?), n. [F. Cf. Fanfaron.] A flourish of trumpets, as in
coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on
hunting horns during the chase.
The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian
princes.
Sir W. Scott.
||Fan"fa*ron (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. fanfarron; cf. It. fanfano, and OSp.
||fanfa swaggering, boasting, also Ar. farfr talkative.] A bully; a
||hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster. [R.] Dryden.
Fan*far`on*ade" (?), n. [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See
Fanfaron.] A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift.
Fan"foot` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) A species of gecko having the toes
expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot
(Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous
toes. (b) Any moth of the genus Polypogon.
Fang (fng), v. t. [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p. p. and
imp. tense), AS. fn; akin to D. vangen, OHG. fhan, G. fahen, fangen,
Icel. f, Sw. fÂ, fÂnga, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E.
fair, peace, pact. Cf. Fair, a.] 1. To catch; to seize, as with the
teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.] Shak.
He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.
J. Webster.
2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. "Chariots fanged
with scythes." Philips.
Fang, n. [From Fang, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang.] 1.
(Zoˆl.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or
torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous
teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.
Since I am a dog, beware my fangs.
Shak.